Bird Watching Guide in Southeast Arizona
SE Arizona Birding Guide Services
Make the most of your visit to SE Arizona by hiring Richard Fray, a professional southeast Arizona birding guide, to take you to the right places and show you the right birds. Whether you’re new to bird watching or a veteran birder, your Arizona birding experience will be greatly enhanced with the help of someone who knows the birds, and how to find them.
Based in Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Richard Fray has lived and birded in southeastern Arizona for more than 14 years, guiding full time for the last seven. Subject to availability, you can hire Richard by the day at very reasonable rates.
Southeastern Arizona has some of the very best birding in North America! With its tall mountains, vibrant canyons, rolling grasslands and lush desert, it’s also a region rich in natural beauty. Comfortable lodgings, easy transport, great food and warm weather all make for the perfect birding vacation.
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Birding in Southeast Arizona
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Latest Arizona Birding Blog Posts
By Richard on September 7, 2016
Today was a day which will go down in Arizona birding history. Hurricane Newton swept over Baja California and the Sea of Cortez, depositing an unprecedented wreck of seabirds in the desert, the like of which has never been seen in these parts before.
By Richard on August 21, 2016
It’s been a crazy few months and I’ve not had a chance to update my blog or look at my photos. Things will calm down again soon, so look out for some updates in the next week or two…
By Richard on June 18, 2016
Despite the ferocious heat, we managed to find our main target bird and had a very productive day, with 87 species in total.
By Richard on June 13, 2016
A night birding and photography trip to California Gulch with a difference, starting in Rio Rico at 2:40 a.m. and sampling the pre-dawn action in the gulch. We had mixed results, but on the whole it was very good.
By Richard on June 11, 2016
I finally got my chance to go for a super rarity, a PINE FLYCATCHER that was found and expertly identified by Dave Stejskal a couple of weeks previously. Pending acceptance by the relative authorities, this is the first record of this species in the USA.
By Richard on June 10, 2016
A successful evening jaunt to California Gulch for night birds, and plenty more besides.
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